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Posted on 04/13/2015 by Dominik

I was moving out from an apartment in central Berlin to a house in the suburbs during the Easter holidays. Instead of relxaing during the holidays I was extremly busy with packing and unpacking boxes. Like most IT guys it … Continue reading →

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New Software Release 4.2 for the VSP4000 and VSP8000

Posted on 04/07/2015 by Dominik

Avaya has released the 4.2 VOSS Software for the VSP4000 and VSP8000 switch series. With SW 4.2 is also some new hardware introduced: VSP 8400 switch, which supports the following four Ethernet Switch Modules (ESMs): – 8424XS: 24-port 10GBASE-SFP+ ESM … Continue reading →

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How to configure MACsec for Avaya VSP Switches

Posted on 03/18/2015 by Dominik

The IEEE 802.1AE MAC Security standard or also known as MACsec discribes a point to point encryption for Interfaces. The encryption uses an AES cypher. I like the idea that you can encrypt all the uplinks in your network with … Continue reading →

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Documentation needed

Posted on 03/11/2015 by Dominik

In the past I worked as an external consultant for different customers. When I arrived I would ask for the documentation to get an overview of the network. In some cases you get an unpleasantly long silence and some admin … Continue reading →

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News: Avaya ERS5900 Switches

Posted on 03/03/2015 by Dominik

Avaya has published a datasheet for the new ERS5900 switche family wich will be introduced in June 2015. The ERS5500 and ERS5600 are just gone into EoS/EoL and the ERS5900 is the replacement product from Avaya. Most of the key … Continue reading →

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EoL and EoS for the ERS4500, 5500 and 5600 switches

Posted on 02/28/2015 by Dominik

Avaya has published the End of Life / End of Sale notice for their switch familys ERS4500, ERS5500 and ERS5600.  This means that in 5 years the lifetime warrenty and the vendor support will end for these products.  The ERS5510 … Continue reading →

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News: Avaya announced their ONA Open Network Adapter

Posted on 02/26/2015 by Dominik

Avaya has announced a new product wich is called ONA Open Network Adapter. It is an small form factor SDN Adapter wich is based on Open vSwitch. It is designed to bring plug-n-play connectivity for network devices. Basically Avaya is … Continue reading →

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AVAYA VSP Software Update 4.1

Posted on 02/17/2015 by Dominik

AVAYA has released a new VOSS Software for their VSP8000 and VSP4000 Switches. Like most software updates it has some new features and bugfixes on board. The VOSS image that runs on several VSP devices is a Linux based operating … Continue reading →

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